Car replacer



Dec. 1924- 1,517,632

w. F. JONES CAR REPLACER Filed April 21, 1924 Tia, 1.

WITNESSES IN VEN TOR 74 112114??? 11 7 ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 2, 1924,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. JONES, OF DIALVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IRA JONES AND ONE- HALF T0 H. H. 0130M, BOTH 0F DIALVILLE, TEXAS.

CAR REPLACER".

Application filed April 21, 1924. Serial No. 708,023.

To all 1072,0172 it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM F. Jones, a citizen of the United States, and residentof Dialville, in the county of Cherokee and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Rep-lacers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in car replacers, and consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangen'ients herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to; provide a car replacer which comprises a pair of frogs adapted to be conveniently and easily moved to and from desirable positions in respect to the rails of a track and tobe securely held in desired position in respect to the rails so that a derailed car will be guided accurately onto the rails without pos sibility of slipping of the frogs while at the same time the frogs can be displaced when desired from applied position for use at other points in a relatively short time and with but slight labor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a car replacer of the character described which will not interfere with the movement of wheels which are already on the rails.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which a Figure 1 is a plan view showing a car replacer embodying the invention in applied position in respect to the rails of a track.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through one of the frogs of the car replacer I a Figure 3 is an end View of the frog exhibited in Figure 2, and

Figure 4; is a perspective view showing in separated position the elements of the device which are adaptedto be associated with one of the rails.

I A. car replacer embodying the invention comprises a pair of frogs indicated generally at A and B respectively. The frogs A and B are exactly alike in construction with one exception which will be particularly pointed out hereinafter. The same referen e mine als tlieret ere have been; used. to. designate like parts of the two frogsand the following description of the frog B will sufiice also as a description of the frog A with the hereinbefore mentioned exception which will be set out.

The frog B comprises a substantially flat base or body 1 which decreases in width from one end thereof to its other end and has the upper face thereof beveled or in.- clined intermediate its side edges at the wider end thereof as indicated at 2 so that the base terminates intermediate its side edges in .a relatively thin edge at the wider end of the base. One side wall of the base 1 is substantially straight from the wider end of the base for the greater part of its length as indicated at 3 and is then offset inwardly for the remainder of the length of the base, as indicated at 4, the shoulder 5 thus being defined at the juncture of the portions 3 and 4 of said one side wall ofthe base. The other side wall of the base may curve from the wider end of the base to the narrower end of the latter or may extend in a substantially straight line which however lies in a plane extending obliquely to the plane of the first mentioned side wall. ofthe base. i

It may be noted at this point that the difference between the frogs A and B consists in forming the base 1 of the frog A with the first mentioned side wall thereof straight for its entire length, as indicated at 6 thus eliminating the shoulder 5. The second named side wall of the base 1 is indicated at 7.

The base 1 is formed with a guiding guard rail or flange 8 thereon. The guard rail 8 extends on the base from the wider end of the latter along the side edge 7 of the base for the greater part of the length of the latter and increases in height from the wider end of the base towardthe narrow end of the latter. The guide rail increases in thickness from a point inter mediate the length of the base to the end of the guard rail which tern'iiuates flush with the narrow end portion so that the base of the guard rail 8 at the narrow end of the base extends transversely from the edge 7' of the base nearly to the plane of the, edge a of the base of the frog B or nearly to the plane f the edge '0 the base of the frog A;

The upper portion of the guard rail 8 i'uay be partially cut away at the widest end of the guard rail and at the side of the latter proximate to the edge 7 of the base, as indicated at 9 in order that the frogs may be relatively light in weight. The guard rail is formed so that the inner face thereof curves obliquely across the base 1 adjacent to the narrow end of the latter, as indicated at 10 and terminates at the narrow end of the base in proximity to the plane of the offset portion 4 of the base of the frog B or in proximity to the plane of the edge 6 of the base of the frog A. Inwardly of the guard rail 8, the upper face of the base 1 slopes at the narrower end of the base toward the adjacent rail 18 as indicated at 1?.

The base 1 is provided adjacent to the wider end thereof with an aperture 11 for the reception of a spike, such as that indicated at 12 in Figs. 1 and 1. The guardrail 8 is provided'with anopening 13 at the wider end of the base for the reception of the shank of a fastening element 1a to which is attached one end of a tie member, such as a chain 15. The shank of the fastening element 14 maybe held against displacement from the opening 13 because of the threaded engagement of the free end portion thereof with a nut 16, a washer 17 being interposed on the shank of the. fastening element between the nut 16 and the adjacent face of the guide rail 8, if desired.

In Figure 1, I show portions of two parallel rails 18 which are supported upon ties 19 and secured to the latter in any suitable known manner as by means of spikes 20.

In the use of the car replacer, the frog B is placed in spanning relation to two adj-acent ties 19 at the inner side of'one of the rails 18 and will be hereinafterreferred to as the inner frog. The frog A is placed in spanning relation to the same two ties at the outer side of the other rail 18 and in parallel relationto the frog B and will be hereinafter referred to as the outer frog. The bases of the frogs are secured adjacent to the wider ends thereof to one of the ties 19 by the spikes 12 which are projected through the openings 11 into the underlying tie. The inner frog is secured to said one tie in such mannerthat the portion 3 of ou side wall of the base thereofis in emit-act along its eutire length with the base flange of the adja cent rail 18. The portion t of said one side edge of the base of the inner frog thus will be spaced from the base flange of the adjacent rail 18. a t

A. stop block 21 which is secured by spikes 22 upon the other of the adjacent ties 19 has a portion thereof disposed in abutting rela-' tion. to the end of the base of the inner frog at the narrower end of the latter and also a pro ecting portion indicated at 23 which extends between the offset portion l. of said one side wall of the base of the inner frog and the base flange of the adjacent rail l8.

The engagement of the stop block 21 with the base of the inner frog tends to hold the latter against longitudinal movement in one direction relatively to the ties 19 and also tends to limit the swinging movement of the narrow end of the inner frog inward or toward the adjacent rail 18. A brace 24: of elongated formation is arranged with one end thereof disposed in a lateral socket 25 in the side wall 9 of the guard 8 of the inner frog and is secured adjacent to its other end to one of the ties 19 by means of spikes 26 or like fastening means so that the narrower ends of the inner frog is braced against swinging movement outward or away from the adjacent rail 18. The tie element or chain also is secured to one of the ties 19 by a spike 27 or like fastening means and tends to hold the inner frog against swinging movement about the axis of the spike 12 and therefore in conjunction with the brace 24- and stop block 21 securely holds the inner frog against movement from the position shown in Figure 1 relatively to the adjacent rail 18.

The outer frog is secured to said two adj acent ties in parallel relation to the frog B through the agency of one of the spikes 12, the chain 15 for the outer frog and the ln'ace member 28 which is identical with the base member 24 in substantial respects but may be slightly shorter than the latter and which has one end thereof disposed in the socket of the outer frog and is secured to one of the ties 19 in the same manner as the brace 24- is secured to the same tie. From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood.

The frogs A and B are secured to the ties in the manner described in, such position in respect to the wheels of a derailed trnrl-r, such as that indicated more or less diagrammatically at 29 that movement of the lruvl; in one direction will cause the wheels thereof to ride up the inclined portion 2 of the bases of the frogs and to then be guided on continned movement of the truck inwardly toward the rails by the guiding guard rails or flanges 8. The (uu'vature o l the guiding rails 8 at the narrower ends of the frogs is such that the wheels moving in contact with the inner faces of the guiding guard rails will move onto the rails 18 when passing from the bases of the frogs at the narrower ends 0 f the latter. The flange of the wheel on the inner frog will drop between the oll'set portion -t and the adjacent rail into engagement with the inner side of the head of the adjacent rail at the time the wheel which traverses the inner frog moves onto the rail while the flange of the wheel which has traversed the base of ill!) llll lllll the outer frog will move across the head of the adjacent rail on passing from the outer frog at the narrow end of the latter to position to engage with the inner side of the head of the adjacent rail.

The means for retaining the frog against displacement which have been described in detail in the foregoing can be readily detached when desired so that the frog can be moved from place to place.

Rollers or like motion transmitting ele ments are provided for the frogs to facilitate movement thereof along a track, if de sired. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, such rollers are indicated at 30 and are mounted upon horizontal rods 31 having the ends thereof secured in the side walls of recesses, as at 32, in the lower sides of the bases of the frogs, the rollers thus being mounted to rotate about axes extending transversely of the frog and having the peripheral faces thereof extending slightly below the planes of the lower faces of the bases.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other than that illustrated in the accompanying drawings and I therefore consider as my own all modifications and adaptations of the form of the device herein illustrated and described as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a car replacer, a substantially flat base increasing in width from one end thereof to its opposite end and having the upper face thereof inclined for a short distance from the wider end of the base, a guard niei'nber extending longitudinally of the base adjacent to one longitudinal edge of the base at the wider end of the latter, and being curved obliquely across the base at the narrow end of the latter to terminate in proximity to the plane of the other longitudinal edge of the base, and means attachable to railway ties on which the base may be disposed for holding said base against a rail on the ties and against movement in respect to the rail, said base holding means including a brace member adapted to be secured adjacent to one end thereof upon one of said ties so that the brace bears at its other and against the adjacent lateral face of the base and holds the base against lateral movement away from the rail.

52. In a car replacer, a base adapted to rest upon adjacent ties with a longitudinal edge thereof in contact with. a rail which is supported on the ties, a guard member extending on said base along the other longitudinal edge thereof for part of the length of the base and then having a portion curved obliquely across the base toward the first named longitudinal edge of the base, a block adapted to be secured on one of said ties in abutting relation to said base at one end of the latter, a brace adapted to be secured to said one tie and having a portion thereof bearing against said guard member and tending to hold said base against lateral movement away from said rails, said base being provided adjacent to its other end with an opening for the reception of a spike for attaching the base to an adjacent tie, said guard member being provided with a lateral opening adjacent to the last named end of the base, and a chain having elements at one end engageable with the opening in said guard member and being adapted to be attached to said last named tie, said base having a portion of said first named longitudinal wall thereof offset inwardly at one end of the base and said stop block having a projection extending along said offset portion between the latter and said rail.

3. In a car replacer, an outer frog and an inner frog, each having a substantially fiat body decreasing in width from one end thereof toward the opposite end thereof and each having the upper face of the base inclined for a short distance from the wider end thereof, said inner frog having one longitudinal edge of the base adapted to contact along its entire length with the side of a rail and having a guard flange extending upon the base along the other longitudinal edge thereof from the wider end of the base, and curving obliquely across the base to terminate at the narrower end of the latter in proximity to the plane of said first named longitudinal edge of the base, the inner of said frogs having one longitudinal wall. thereof offsetinwardly for a short distance from the narrower end of the base and being adapted to contact for the remainder of its length with a rail, said outer frog having a guard flange on its base extending from the wider end of the base along the other longitudinal edge of the latter for part of the length of the base and then curving ohliq uel y across the base at the narrower end of the latter to terminate proximate to the plane of the offset portion of the first named longitudinal wall of the base, and means whereby said frogs will be held against displacement from desired positions on the ties of a track.

WILLIAM F. JONES. 

